Railway-bed and means for securing rails thereon.



A. T. BARRY. RAILWAY BED AND MEANS FOR SECURING RAILS THEREON.

APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 9, 1911.

Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0..WASH!NGTON. D c.

UNTTED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

ALBERT '1. BARRY, 0F HOUSTON, TEXAS.

RAILWAY-BED AND MEANS FOR SECURING RAILS THEREON.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT T. BARRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Houston, in the county of Harris and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Beds and Means for Securing Rails Thereon, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in railway beds and means for securing rails thereon. 4

The object of the invention is to provide a bed of concrete or similar material provided with suitable anchors embedded therein, and engaging with the rail, for securing said rail firmly in place.

With the above and other objects in View my invention has particular relation to certain novel features of construction and arrangement, an example of which is given in this specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure v1 is a cross section of part of a railway bed showing my improved anchor for holding the rail thereon. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, wherein like numerals of reference designate similar parts in each of the figures, the numeral 3 refers to the road bed, composed of concrete, or some similar material, and 4 refers to the railway rail.

The numeral 5 refers to a U shaped anchor which is designed to be secured to the flanges of the rail and is embedded in the concrete of the bed as shown in Fig. 1. This anchor is composed of metal, preferably steel, and the free ends thereof, which engage with the rail flanges, are enlarged and carry inwardly extending shoulders or calks 6 and 7 which engage over the rail flanges, as shown in Fig. 1, and the anchor thus depends from the rail.

The numerals 8 and 9 refer to shoulders which are carried by the anchor and project inwardly therefrom underneath the rail flanges and serve as a support for the rail.

Specification of Letters Patent. 1

Application filed January 9, 1911.

Patented Oct. 3, 1911. Serial No. 601,515.

The rails are first placed in position and anchors are placed on the rail about four feet apart. The anchors have sufficient elasticity to permit them to be sprung apart enough to allow the shoulders 6 and 7 to engage over the rail flanges and the edges of said flanges then engage in the respective recesses formed by shoulders 6 and 8 and shoulders 7 and 9. The concrete, in its plastic state, is then filled in beneath the rail until the anchors and the flanges of the rail are completely enveloped thereby as shown in Fig. 1, and the same is allowed to harden and a solid road bed in thus formed, with the rail 4L firmly anchored therein. A layer of sand 10 is then placed on the concrete to serve as a cushion for the paving blocks 11 and the rails are secured against spreading, in the ususal manner, by means of tie rods 12, and a railway is thus constructed having a solid concrete bed with the rails firmly anchored therein.

What I claim is 1. In a device of the character described a U shaped anchor and two inwardly eX- tending projections integral therewith, carried by each end thereof between which the edges of a rail flange are designed to engage, the lower of which projections extend only a portion of the way under said rail.

2. In a device of the character described a U shaped anchor and two inwardly extending projections integral therewith, carried by each end thereof between which the edges of a rail flange are designed to engage, the lower of which projections extend only a portion of the way under said rail and a concrete formation designed to hold said U shaped member firmly in position upon the said rail.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT T. BARRY.

Witnesses:

A. TOMPKINS, J. S. FREDERICK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

